Stupid Parking Brake
Mar 22nd, 2007 by Alex
When I came back from running some errands today, I realized that I had driven home with the parking brake set. I must have spaced out or something. At least it’s an automatic. I don’t really need that parking brake, so long as I don’t park on any hills without curbs.
Damn.
Then I was driving westbound on 32 and saw the courtesy van from the local auto repair shop. On the side of the road. With a flat tire. I instantly felt better about myself.
Mitch Hedberg called the emergency brake the “makes the car smell funny lever”.
The garage I park in at work, you sometimes have to leave your key with the attendant (if you’re blocking another car. . .it’s a small garage). They set the parking brake. There are no hills in this garage! I never notice it, and always grind that brake away. Funny, you never realize it. . .
ACW: Genius comic. Dead without leaving us more material. :-/
AGT: I fail to understand how you can drive on the thing for miles and not hear it. The thing keeps your car from rolling backwards, but doesn’t make a sound when you’re going forwards!
This guy insists that you ought to set the hand brake if you’re going to be stopped for more than two seconds. Of course he’s from the UK, so mileage there certainly varies (OMG that was horrible).